The weekly messenger., 1887-11-05

TEXT: " Lest / M0Hh buIl upOP another
NUNS Foundation. Romans XIV, 20.
Stirring reports come from all parts of
America showing what great work the
churches OF God are doing, and | conCratu.
late them ant their pl>t1.S N.slpprehen-
slons have been going the "ound, OF some of
the religious pres d,'prrciating the gcner-
o'lty oi this church S,Nl..,l62 y have been
pdId cash down IN this church for religious
Uses anu Christian work during the nineteen
wears OF my ministry here. This church was
bdht by al denominations Of Christians and
Oy people lr"n ali lands and hence we have
toh raising money for many objects outside
our denomination. and that has sometimes
lhterlcred with our c0rirbu; ionS to the.
bpariS of our denomination. Subscription
ho)HS for nll good objects. Christian. huln.ni-
tafliii, collegiate, and missionary have been
mere a. common a. tine daylight and no
chuivh IN thrist'ndoIn has been NOR. con-
tinuonS IN its henevoiences than this Re.
sli" that we have received during the wear
~ souls ON profession of faith in Christ. a
Iact lhat mention. not in b0aSting but to
show that this church has not been idle.
Inc most oi on accrS,ionS have hen from
the outside world, 80 that taking the ilea of
my teXl, We have no: been building on other
peoples foaalat oas.
In laying CuS tie plan of lis missionary
i"ur Faui uSht Out towns and cites which
had nos We; been preached to- He goes TO
torlnth' a city mentioned for splondor and
VI e, ana Jerusalem, wh.Te the priesthool
ard the Sanhe rim were ready to lean with
ooJh ieet upon the Christian religion. He
IeelS ne has c,pacI1l work to do and he means
10 10 IL. What was the result: The grand
SSt SSt NE ol usefulness that a man ever lived.
we modern Christian workers ar. not ant 10
initiate fau,. We build on other neop.e's
iouihEltlonS. III we erect church we prefer
10 nave II bliei with families all of whom
nave been pious. DO we g lther a Sabbath
scnooi soi c!aNs, we want good boys and girls.
mar cOmbed, faces washed manners attract /
we, so church in this day is apt to be
DulIt out of Other churches Some ministers
spend all their time in fishing in other peo- .
pie ponds, and they throw the line into that /
church pond an ERIK out Methodist. aud :
throw the line into another church pond and /
orinS out Presbyterian and there is re-
hSi0uS row in some neghboring church, aud
a whoe school of fish swim off from that
pom ana we take them all in with one sweep
ol tne net. What is gained Absolutely
nothing for the general cause of Christ. II
Is only rs IN an army. when a regiment is
transferred from one division to another
from the Tennessee to the Potomac.
nat Strengthens the army is new recruits
" nat have always desired is that while we
are courteous to those coming from other
Hooks. we build our church not out of other
churches, but out of the world, lest we build
ON another mans foundation The fact IS
this is big world. When, in our schoolboy
lays, we learned the diam ter and circumfer-
ance OF this planet we did not learn half 1t
has q latitude and longitude and diameter
anu Circumference of want and woe and sin
hat no figures can calculate. This one spir-
tual continent of wretchedneSs rcac ches across
all zones and if | were called to give its geo
graphical boundary would say it is bounded
Oh the north and EQI.h and east and west by
the great heart OF Coils sympathy and love.
Oh, II Is great world. Since O'Clock his
&c, 800 persons have been born, and
all these mu! iplicd populations are to he
reached of the Gospel In England, or
IN our eastern American cities. we
are being much crowded, and an acre of
ground is of great value but out West 800
Icres is a small farm. and 10000 aci es is no
unusual possession. But there is a vast spir-
tual field Eere and everywhere unoccupied,
plenty of room for more not building on
another mans foundation.
We need. as churches, to stop bombarding
The Old ironclad sinners that have been proof
against thirty years of Christian assault.
Alas for that church which lacks the spirit of
spending enough on one chande-
ier to light IN souls 10 glory, and in one
rarvcl = liar emo; b tn have made 4 thousand
men ''pi lars in the houSs o. our tod for
svcr.' and doing le goOl than many log
cabin me ting hHu-c, with tallow candles
,tGc.s III wood ~ ~ '..rt,. IN minister who
has never seen co.l,so or known the differ
snce between Gre'E AMI Choctaw. We
need as churches to get into sympathy
with the great Outside world. and let them
know that none are - broken hcart.d or
har,llY bestCli that will GGt bc welcomed
''No" 'ays me fa'ii ip = Christian, Il
don't like tn be crowi>i in church. Don't
put any ore III NY "ew.' Ny brother, what
will YOU do in heaven. When Il great null
titude that 10 man can number assemblies
they will put fifty in your rev. What are
the select few to-day So 'mhti in the Chris
tian churches ON .arcd :" the mightier miii-
ions outside OF tnrru. eight hundred thousand
in Brooklyn. hut l'Ss than one hundred
thousand in She churrhs Many of the
are ike Los IT II that S!.ou,l adver-
tisc that It's patients must nave no:hing
worse than iootha he o. ''ruI-ToundS.' bICE0
hrnkrn hn.Iis no rriIshn ~, lns no Tn Il I.l.i